Maybe if you paid for it out of YOUR own pocket, it wouldnt be so stupid...

As has been said before, both in this thread and in other threads, there are members who care deeply about this forum and who would be willing to donate money to help keep it running.

Another forum I'm on just removed all their ads and asked the members to donate. In about a month's time, they received enough money from their members to cover a year's operating costs and more.

You haven't asked for donations, you haven't provided a way to donate. Please don't be rude about the issue of who is paying to run the forum when we haven't had any opportunity to contribute financially.

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As has been said before, both in this thread and in other threads, there are members who care deeply about this forum and who would be willing to donate money to help keep it running.

Another forum I'm on just removed all their ads and asked the members to donate. In about a month's time, they received enough money from their members to cover a year's operating costs and more.

You haven't asked for donations, you haven't provided a way to donate. Please don't be rude about the issue of who is paying to run the forum when we haven't had any opportunity to contribute financially.

You are completely right... I take back my comments. Maybe I should look into donations.

But I don't think they are making a RULE... sounds to me like they are just requesting that we try to be more relevant in our titles. Maybe not more relevant... more specific. Like maybe mention SOMETHING in the title about what the thread is actually ABOUT.

Thank you, Sparks. You get it

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Originally Posted by corgipower

As has been said before, both in this thread and in other threads, there are members who care deeply about this forum and who would be willing to donate money to help keep it running.

Another forum I'm on just removed all their ads and asked the members to donate. In about a month's time, they received enough money from their members to cover a year's operating costs and more.

You haven't asked for donations, you haven't provided a way to donate. Please don't be rude about the issue of who is paying to run the forum when we haven't had any opportunity to contribute financially.

How much better would it be for those donations to go to a rescue fund rather than something to remove a minor annoyance that CAN be removed with a few clicks of the mouse?

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How much better would it be for those donations to go to a rescue fund rather than something to remove a minor annoyance that CAN be removed with a few clicks of the mouse?

I agree... money would be better sent to rescues then here if it is only to remove ads, as they are a minor annoyance BUT, if donations are essential to keep the place running without an restrictive rules and the reoccuring lecture about how we dont understand the perilous financial situation this forum creates people should be free to make that decision... would everyone donate? No. Would some people choose to? Yes.

Renee that's a nice thought but I think it is for everyone here to decide where their money goes...am I right? I sense a guilt trip implied by your comment and I find it totally unnecessary. Just because someone wants to donate something to a site they enjoy does not mean the huddled starving masses are being abandoned by the same person.

Donations can't be counted on on a regular basis by their very nature, so what do you do to assure that enough for a large site like this comes in? Remember, the forum is just one part of the site. To keep it running smoothly and the bills paid on a regular basis do you have to go to it being a paid site then?

I honestly don't have the answer. I don't know enough about the workings of cyber-business. I've run businesses, though, and I do know that you have to have a steady stream of capital replenishment that you can count on.

__________________In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. ~Buddha

Stupid is the most notoriously incurable and contagious disease known to mankind. If you find yourself in close proximity to someone infected with stupid, walk away as soon as said infection is noted.

There are few things more nauseating than pure obedience. ~ Kvothe

***8206;"silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation."
— Rumi
Be a god. Know when to shut up.